Joel 2:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 2:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 2:20 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 2:20 — KJV
“But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. hath...: Heb. hath magnified to do”
— Joel 2:20 (KJV)
Joel 2:20 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 2:20
“Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. hath...: Heb. hath magnified to do with them”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:20: ill, hath, done
“I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:20: drive, land, desolate
“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. some...: Heb. matter of nakedness divorcement: Heb. cutting off”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:20: off, come, ill
“And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. slew...: Heb. made him fall”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:20: off, into, land
“And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.”
Shares key themes with Joel 2:20: into, land, face
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